Looking for outboard theft statistics...

[Petros Polonos]

It's not an announcement, but it's about theft, anyway.

I am now elaborating a new system to protect/recover outboard engines in case of theft. As this is a business project, I am looking for viable statistics, covering the the value/volume of outboards lost, over couple last years - to justify the value of the market when talking to money people.

I have approached some insurance professionals, but they are not very keen to share this knowledge. So if you can share some information or point me to some public sources, I would appreciate it a lot.

Piotr Skulski
Poland

 

[zambant]

The police.......freedom of information


Hope that helps

 

[Petros Polonos]

Zambant, thanks for the hint.

For the UK, I found a great site, stolenboats.org.uk with thousands of outboards listed. I subscribed for real-time alerts and got 14 of them since yesterday.

I will now try to go through other EU countries, as well as the US. Will try the police option, too.

 

[darthwomble]

Stolenboats seems to be pretty well connected across europe, although from experience, getting a theft listed can be a bit of a hassle... It's a pretty good guideline though, and you can see how many are recovered, too.